You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar.

You search out my wandering and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

For [there is] not a word [yet] on my tongue, [but] behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.

You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me.

[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot [prevail] against it.

If I ascend to heaven, there you [are], and if I make my bed [in] Sheol, look! [There] you [are].

even there your hand would lead me, and your right hand would hold me fast.

And if I should say, "Surely darkness will cover me, and [the] light around me [will be as] night,"

Indeed you created my {inward parts}; you wove me in my mother's womb.

I praise you, because I am fearfully [and] wonderfully [made]. Wonderful [are] your works, and my soul knows [it] well.

My {frame} was not hidden from you, when I was created secretly, [and] intricately woven in [the] depths of [the] earth.

Your eyes saw my embryo, and in your book they all were written-- days fashioned [for me] when [there was] not one of them.

And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum.

If only you would kill the wicked, O God-- so get away from me, [you] {bloodthirsty men}--

I hate them with a complete hatred; they have become my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

And see if [there is] in me {the worship of false gods}, and lead me in [the] way everlasting.

Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men,

Protect me, O Yahweh, from [the] hands of [the] wicked. Preserve me from violent men, who have planned to {make me stumble}.

[The] proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah

I say to Yahweh, "You [are] my God." Listen, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications.

O Yahweh, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in [the] day of battle.

[With respect to the] head of [those who] surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them.

I call on you, O Yahweh; hasten to me. Listen to my voice when I call to you.

Let my prayer be set before you [as] incense, the lifting up of my palms [as the] evening offering.

Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men [who] do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.

Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. [It is] oil for [my] head; let not my head refuse. For still my prayer [is] against their evil deeds.

[When] their judges are thrown down [the] sides of a cliff, then they will understand that my words were pleasant.

But my eyes [are] toward you, O Yahweh, my Lord; I have taken refuge in you. Do not lay bare my soul.

Protect me from [the] {grasp} of [the] trap they have laid for me, and [from the] snares of evildoers.

I cry out with my voice to Yahweh; I implore favor with my voice to Yahweh.

I pour out my complaint before him; I declare my trouble before him.

When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me;

look to [my] right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me; no one cares for my soul.

I cry out to you, O Yahweh. I say, "You [are] my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.

Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. [The] righteous will encircle me, because you will deal bountifully with me.

O Yahweh, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications. In your faithfulness answer me, [and] in your righteousness.

For [the] enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places like [those] long dead.

And [so] my spirit grows faint within me; my heart {within} me is desolate.

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul [longs] for you like a dry land. Selah

Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like [those] descending to [the] pit.

Cause me to hear your loyal love in the morning, for I trust you. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for I lift up my soul to you.

Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh. I take refuge in you.

Teach me to do your will, for you [are] my God; your Spirit [is] good. Lead me onto level ground.

For your name's sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life; in your righteousness bring me out of trouble.

And in your loyal love destroy my enemies, and exterminate all [the] adversaries of my soul, for I [am] your servant.

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war--

my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and [one] in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me.

Stretch out your hands from on high; Rescue me and deliver me from many waters, from [the] hand of foreigners,

Rescue me and deliver me from [the] hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsely, and whose right hand [is] a false right hand,

that our sons [may be] like plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved in the style of a palace,

[that] our granaries [may be] full, providing [produce] of all kinds, [that] our sheep [may] produce by the thousands, by the tens of thousands in our open fields,

[that] our cattle [may be] pregnant; [that there be] no breach [in our walls], and no going out [in exile], and no outcry in our plazas.

I will exalt you, my God, O king, and I will bless your name forever and ever.

My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh, and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever.

Praise Yah. Praise Yahweh, O my soul.

I will praise Yahweh while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I [am] still [alive].

may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,

My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,

My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

My child, do not walk in their way. Keep your foot from their paths,

May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.

Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.

You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing [to accept].

then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me.

they were not willing [to accept] my counsel, they despised all my reproof.

Whoever listens to me will dwell in security and rest securely from dread and disaster."

My child, if you will receive my sayings, and hide my commands with you,

My child, do not forget my instruction, and may your heart guard my commands.

May loyal love and truth not forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them upon your heart.

Do not despise the discipline of Yahweh, my child. Do not be weary of his reproof

My child, may they not escape from your {sight}; may you keep sound wisdom and prudence.

For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.

When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,

he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast [to] my words; guard my commandments and live.

Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.

Listen, my child, take my sayings, and [the] years of your life shall be great.

My child, be attentive to my words; to my sayings incline your ear.

May they not escape from your {sight}; keep them in [the] midst of your heart.

May your eyes look forward and your gaze be straight before you.

May the path of your foot be balanced and all your ways be sure.

My child, be attentive to my wisdom, and to my understanding incline your ear;

Now, O children, listen to me; do not depart from the sayings of my mouth.

and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!

May they be yours alone, and not for strangers [who are] with you.

May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

[She is] a deer of love and a doe of grace; may her breasts satisfy you {always}; by her love may you be intoxicated continually.

Why should you be intoxicated, my child, by a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor, [if] you have bound {yourself} to the stranger,

do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into {the palm of your neighbor's hand}: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.

My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother.

Do not desire her beauty in your heart; may she not capture you with her eyelashes.

My child, guard my sayings; store my commandments with you.

Keep my commands and live, and my teaching like [the] {apple of your eye}.

Say to wisdom, "you are my sister," and you shall call insight, "{intimate friend}."

For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked down.

"Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] upon me; {today} I completed my vows.

[With] coverings I have adorned my couch, spreads of the linen of Egypt;